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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 05:46 AM
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Has anyone been to Iraq?
In pictures, the desert looks really desolate. I know there's lush vegetation around the rivers, but most of the place it just looks like there's nothing. No bushes, no trees, no interesting rocks, just flat desert.

Is this the case over much of the country, or is this a misleading impression? :shrug:
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 06:01 AM
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1. Well I do know that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon--one of the 7th wonders of the world--
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 06:10 AM
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2. Those pics are from the 70's
Before all these religious leaders took over.
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Morrisons Ghost Donating Member (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 08:35 AM
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3. Actually
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were destroyed by an earthquake in the first century. I don't believe we had anything to do with it.
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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 02:21 PM
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14. you are correct sir
Edited on Tue Dec-18-07 02:21 PM by iamthebandfanman
i almost burst into laughter when i read that :b
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 02:56 PM
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18. Actually I had read a news report that said that a couple of years ago
But I misinterpreted it--it was the SITE that was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was destroyed.
Of course, there are ALWAYS those that enjoy making fun of others rather than educating. Congratulations.
I'm sure it makes you feel better.
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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 03:15 PM
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21. how did he make fun of you ?
he just told you when it was destroyed.. he didnt insult you.
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 03:17 PM
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23. He corrected your error. Where did he make fun of you?
Edited on Tue Dec-18-07 03:17 PM by Marrah_G
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Morrisons Ghost Donating Member (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 09:22 PM
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26. Woah!
How did you get ridicule out of my post? I didn't mean it the way you took it. Sorry I thought I was trying to "educate" you.
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 08:37 AM
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4. Umm are you sure about that statement?
The US is responsible for the destruction of the hanging gardens? I just want to be sure about what you are saying.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 08:39 AM
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5. (It's Bush's fault)
*Everything* is Bush's fault.
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 08:43 AM
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7. I thought everything was the Big Dawgs fault?
Dammit, why did I not get the memo?
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Morrisons Ghost Donating Member (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 08:51 AM
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8. According
to wikipedia. Unless I read it wrong:shrug:
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 08:53 AM
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9. Marrah wasn't responding to you...
Unless I read it wrong. :shrug:
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Morrisons Ghost Donating Member (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 08:57 AM
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10. Oops
Just realized that:blush:
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 09:04 AM
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11. hehehe
:hug:

It's all good !
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 02:27 PM
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16. That's a DUzy!
:rofl: :eyes: :rofl: :eyes: :rofl: :eyes: :rofl: :eyes: :rofl: :eyes: :rofl: :eyes: :rofl: :eyes:
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ohio2007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-20-07 09:17 PM
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27. Pre war Baghdad pic? First pic looks like a place "spirit" and "opportunity" are currently trolling
on Mars


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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 08:42 AM
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6. Here's some slightly more current pics.
Edited on Tue Dec-18-07 08:43 AM by unhappycamper
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 02:10 PM
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12. Thanks for the links...
Yeah, it looks desolate. :(
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MyNameGoesHere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 02:17 PM
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13. yes i have been.
Unfortunately it was right after failed gulf war/failed bush number 1. yes the deserts go on and on and on. Like most of the other middle eastern countries, Kuwait, Suadi Arabia, Iran, The major cities are kept lush through massive waste in desalinated waters. In the desert there are still "oasis" or wadi's. But the sand is a sucky sand. very freaking dusty and fine. Not like beach sand. This desert is not at all like the Massive dunes of the Sahara.

that being said it really is spectacular scenery, my fondest memory is of a herd of camels running in the sunrise with some small mountains in the background. Just surreal.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 02:24 PM
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15. Thanks for the info!
Yeah, my grandpa was in Saudi for a long time, and a lot of his pictures of the area are just dune sand...

But yeah, thanks! :hi:
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 02:46 PM
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17. Here's Ur /Caldea/Tall al Muqayyar from 2003
From 2003


Ur/Caldea/Tall al Muqayyar (Chaldea) - Abraham was supposed to have been born in Ur/Caldea.




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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 02:59 PM
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19. It reminded me of central California, only with concrete everywhere
Lots of scrub. Lots of low-lying dry scrub. I heard the north is pretty lush.

What I remember most is the trash. Trash everywhere. Trash filling up gutters and collecting in huge piles at intersections.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 03:16 PM
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22. So like, that stretch of the 5 through Kern/Kings county?
:shrug:
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 03:12 PM
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20. Here's a photo of where my nephew was stationed
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 04:20 PM
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24. My best friend was over there a couple years ago
and one of the people in my birding group is going soon.

Just looking at a good terrain map of Iraq is enough to give you the impression that at least half the country is pretty bleak. I'm betting the marsh areas near the river deltas, once/if they recover, will be pretty impressive.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 07:40 PM
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25. Even the marsh areas look like the Humboldt Sink though...
Sort of brackish and uninviting. :shrug:

The Basra Reed Warblers dig it, though! :D
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ohio2007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-20-07 09:22 PM
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28. Saddam drained the "Marsh Arab" swamps to thin out the Shia resistance
First thing the locals did after the invasion is blow up the dams that gave life back to Saddams man made dry dust pans.
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